Quote of the Day: 
"Discovery lessons, students writing to learn mathematics,
 the teaching of so-called general problem solving concepts, 
 field trips, math lab lessons, alternate assessments, 
 collaborative partner tests, student presentations, and 
 open-ended problems should all be used sparingly. I use 
 some of them, but they have limited value. Pencil-and-paper 
 analytic solutions are the heart of mathematics education."
   --Michael Stueben in Twenty Years Before the Blackboard

Objectives:
    The student will apply the definition of the derivative 
        to finding derivatives of algebraic functions.
                  
1. Collect Homework.

2. To introduce derivatives:
 

 
3. Notations for the derivative:

4. Examples:

5. Click here for the Derivative Song

6. Comic Strip about the Definition of the Derivative

7. Assignment:
       p. 187 (9, 12, 13) 

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